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"-" =
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Ballot Measure Descriptions
For
more in depth analysis click proposition number to see IGS library
Hot Topics on each Initiative.
Prop.
73: Parental Notification
Would require doctors to notify a minor's parent or legal guardian
48 hours before performing an abortion.
Prop.
74: Teacher Tenure
Would raise the amount of time new teachers must wait before they are covered
by job protection rules from two years to five years.
Prop.
75: Union Dues for Political Purposes
Would require California public employee unions to get, annually,
the written consent of members and bargaining unit participants to use dues
and fees for political purposes.
Prop.
76: Spending Limits and School Funding
Would empower the governor to impose spending reductions when the legislature
fails to act in budget emergencies.
Prop.
77: Reapportionment
Would transfer authority to redraw congressional and legislative
district boundaries from the legislature to a panel of retired judges, and
would require new districts for the 2006 election.
Prop.
78: Prescription
Drug Discounts
(State Pharmacy Assistance Program)
Would provide discounted prescription drugs for those in financial need. Would
allow companies to drop their prices voluntarily. Supported
by the pharmaceutical industry.
Prop.
79: Prescription Drug Discounts (Cheaper Prescription Drugs Act)
Would mandate
an agreement between the California Department of Health Services and drug
companies which would keep drug prices lower for those in financial need.
Supported by supported by health and consumer groups.
Prop.
80: Electricity Regulation
Would repeal key provisions of the 1996 electricity deregulation and restores
authority to regulate rates to the California Public Utilities Commission
(PUC). In addition it requires that 20 percent of electricity be from renewable
sources by 2010.
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